2. Jason Mraz - "The Freedom Song" (Luc & The Lovingtons cover)
3. Tori Amos - "Jackie's Strength" (Gold Dust orchestral version)
4. Blitzen Trapper - "American Goldwing"
5. Battles ft. Matias Aguayo - "Ice Cream"
6. Curtis Mayfield - "Power To The People"
7. Ice-T - "New Jack Hustler (Ninio's Theme)"
8. Lily & Madeleine - "In The Middle"
9. The Salvation Alley String Band - "Pretty Paper" (Roy Orbison/Willie Nelson cover)
10. Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual"
So, it's the holidays now. Huh. Onto the mix, as usual?
We start with one of New Orleans's best current bands, The Revivalists. Jason Mraz is one of my favorite humans alive, and assuming I get married, he will be on my celebrity list (you know, the one where if you get to sleep with that celebrity, your marriage vows don't matter and you can't get in trouble). The New Orleans trend continues in The Freedom Song, which was written in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Another underlying trend here is that a few of these songs are relevant to the Ferguson situation, continuing my belief that, sometimes, my iTunes is a sentient being.
Onto the orchestral version of one of Tori Amos's most beautiful songs, "Jackie's Strength." It's been a while since she's shown up here.
Other highlights: Blitzen Trapper is always good southern country rock fun. The Curtis Mayfield is another song that seems particularly relevant at the moment and makes an interesting juxtaposition with the Ice-T just after.
Lily & Madeleine are a really special folk duo, two sisters, on Sufjan Stevens's label.
Finally, my iTunes seems to know it's the first week of the Christmas season, so we have a cover of the Roy Orbison song, "Pretty Paper." Willie Nelson wrote it in 1963 but didn't release his own version until 1979.
And finally, my mom says I'm not supposed to listen to Tom Jones.
The sorta charmingly out of tune Christmas song first, then the Spotify list:
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